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The new Toppers Pizza at 425 Arneill Road, Camarillo opened in early April.
Toppers Pizza Place, currently located at 520 Arneill Road in Camarillo, is nearing completion of its new, larger, location literally one tenth of a mile down the road at 425 Arneill Road. The new location will have two outdoor seating areas in 8,000 sq ft of total space. Stay tuned at topperspizzaplace.com or www.facebook.com/ToppersPizzaCalifornia.
Walmart issued a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act notice and informed its employees on March 30th that it will be closing its store #5685 located at 2801 Cochran Street in Simi Valley on May 18, 2018. All 130 employees at this store will be terminated effective June 8th but will have the opportunity to apply for open positions at other Walmart or Sam's Club locations.
Presto Pasta, a family favorite for years in Newbury Park, Camarillo and Ventura, has opened a Simi Valley location at 1860-A Erringer Road (just south of E. Los Angeles Avenue). Decent food for reasonable prices is what you will find at Presto Pasta. prestopasta.com
Nonna Ristorante Italiano & Craft Cocktail Bar opened on March 26, 2018 at the former home of Bellini Osteria at 951 S. Westlake Boulevard, Suite 102, Westlake Village (between Townsgate and Agoura Road). Nonna offers, well, you know, a selection of Italian foods such as pastas, antipasti, pizza, main courses such as sea bass, salmon, filet mignon, bone in ribeye and more.
Check them out at nonna.restaurant.
So long to Bellini Osteria, which originally opened in the fall of 2009. Prior to that it was Mandevilla Restaurant
Three Ventura County elementary schools are being honored as 2018 California Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education. Schools that applied were eligible based on their performance and progress on the state indicators as described on the California School Dashboard. Indicators include test scores, suspension rates and English learner progress.
The local schools being honored are:
Additionally, Oak Park Unified School District is one of just 22 in the state to be named an Exemplary District for making positive impacts on student outcomes. The district and the Distinguished Schools will be honored in May during a ceremony at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. The complete list of the honorees is available here.
About the Ventura County Office of Education
The Ventura County Office of Education provides a broad array of fiscal, training and technology support services to local school districts, helping to maintain and improve lifelong educational opportunities for children, educators and community members. VCOE also operates schools that serve students with severe disabilities and behavioral issues, provides career education courses, and coordinates countywide academic competitions including Mock Trial and the Ventura County Science Fair. Learn more at: www.vcoe.org.
Update: Location to open 4/11/18.
Posted 9/29/17: Blair Breger of Thousand Oaks drove by and witnessed it...a Jersey Mike's Subs sign was being placed in the former Round Table Pizza location next to P & L Burger at the Oakbrook Plaza in Thousand Oaks (2000 E. Avenida de Los Arboles). No word yet on specific timing, though the Jersey Mike's website says "Scheduled to Open Soon."
Jersey Mike's appears to be doing well in the Conejo Valley, opening another Thousand Oaks location on the hills of opening a 2nd Newbury Park location in late July of this year.
Jeanette's Edelweiss at 2160A Newbury Road in Newbury Park is under new ownership and has been renamed Julie's Alps - A Bavarian Fun Fest!
Menu items include a wide range of Bavarian specialties as well as vegan and vegetarian options.
Menu items include Goulaschuppe (beef goulash soup), bratwurst, giant pretzels, schnitzel, sauerbraten, leberkaese, pork roast, currywurst, weißwurst, käsekrainer (bratwurst infused with cheese), käsespätzle, sandwiches, strudel and much more.
Habanero Mexican Grill, a popular eatery that opened its doors in Newbury Park in February 2017, has opened a new location in the former, albeit brief, home of Cinqo in the Oakbrook Center in Thousand Oaks (Avenida de los Arboles at Erbes).
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